Extension of Community Employment programme - Additional 2,000 Places

The Department for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D. has published details of the allocation of 2,000 additional places on the Community Employment programme.

This will bring the total number of Community Employment places this year to 25,300 as part of the Department’s wider efforts to help jobseekers to become employment-ready and find a job, training or educational opportunity. 

The Community Employment Schemes plays a vital role for both jobseekers and their communities. It provides work experience, including appropriate training, for jobseekers which helps them to take up work on the open labour market by developing their skills, experience and confidence. It is also of immense benefit to the local communities.

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Royal Canal Green Way Study

The new government has plans to upgrade the Royal Canal towpath and would welcome your ideas on how it should be developed as an important amenity.

In Fingal the Royal Canal runs between the county boundaries from Ashtown in Dublin City to Westmanstown in Kildare.

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End of Youth Officer for Tyrrelstown

The VEC have indicated that their current funding for the only youth officer assigned to the Tyrrelstown area will not be renewed due to government cutbacks. With still no community or sports centre in Tyrrelstown the youth officer currently works out of a room given on loan from Twinlite and this could continue if funding were available. I have asked Dr. Leo Varadkar T.D. to make representations on behalf of TTRA to the government to retain this invaluable service

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